News for June 27

With the possible discovery of Hatshepsut hitting the news yesterday, I wonder what the news will be today? Hatshepsut is obviously going to be the big story though.

New stories as of 10:58 AM:

Persepolis Tablets Reveals Realities of Ancient Persia
Cultural Heritage News Agency
Latest studies on ancient Persian tablets which are currently kept in Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago revealed that the inscriptions were not limited to Persian kings and they were more commonly used than what was previously thought...
http://www.chnpress.com/news/?section=2&id=7193

The First Olympic Games Rules Deciphered
Turkish Daily News
German archaeologists who have been excavating in the ancient city of Alexandria Troas, located close to Çanakkale's Ezine district, have decoded three letters including the first rules for the Olympic games...
http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=76778

Remains of Pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut Identified, Egyptian Authorities Say
Deseret News
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — The mummy of an obese woman, who likely suffered from diabetes and liver cancer, has been identified as that of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's most powerful female pharoah, Egyptian archaeologists said Wednesday...
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,680194502,00.html

Fat Lady's Tooth Leads To Egypt's Lost Queen
Times Online
Scientists in Egypt claimed today that they had identified the mummy of Queen Hatshepsut, ancient Egypt’s most powerful female pharaoh and one of its most mysterious rulers...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article1995185.ece

Remains Of Female Pharoh, Queen Hatshepsut Identified
ABC12
Egyptian archaeologists say the mummy of an obese woman, who likely suffered from diabetes and liver cancer, has been identified as that of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's most powerful female pharoah...
http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=nation_world&id=5426891
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http://news.bostonherald.com/international/middleEast/view.bg?articleid=1008486

Overweight, Diabetic, Bad Teeth: Lost Nile Queen Found In Poor Health
The Age
A TOOTH and DNA clues appear to have solved the mystery of the lost mummy of Hatshepsut, one of the great queens of ancient Egypt who reigned in the 15th century BC.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/overweight-diabetic-bad-teeth-lost-nile-queen-found-in-poorhealth/2007/06/27/1182623990162.html

Tiles Treasure
Hunts Post
ONE of the finest collections of medieval abbey tiles in the country has been discovered at Abbey College in Ramsey...
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/content/hunts/news/story.aspx?brand=HPTOnline&category=News&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=NewsHPT&itemid=WEED27%20Jun%202007%2012%3A11%3A04%3A220

Tooth Clinches Identification Of Egyptian Queen
Reuters
CAIRO, June 27 (Reuters) - A single tooth has clinched the identification of an ancient mummy as that of Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt about 3,500 years ago, the country's chief archaeologist said on Wednesday...
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27762730.htm

"Find Of Century" In Egypt
Truthdig
Egyptologists have discovered what they believe to be the 3,000-year-old remains of Egypt’s most powerful female ruler, Hatshepsut. The original wicked stepmother, Hatshepsut usurped the throne from her stepson, who probably retaliated after her reign by trying to obliterate any record of her...
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20070627_find_of_century_in_egypt/

Tooth Solves Hatshepsut Mummy Mystery
The Guardian Unlimited
Archaeologists today used a missing tooth to positively identify the mummy of Hatshepsut, Egypt's greatest woman pharaoh who reigned more than 3,000 years ago...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/egypt/story/0,,2112583,00.html

"Find of Century" For Egyptology
BBC News
Egyptologists say they have identified the 3,000-year-old mummy of Hatshepsut, Egypt's most powerful female ruler...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6244516.stm

Egypt To Unveil Mummy Discovery
The Washington Post
CAIRO, Egypt -- The mummy of an obese woman, who likely suffered from diabetes and liver cancer, has been identified as that of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's most powerful female pharaoh, Egyptian archaeologists said Wednesday...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/27/AR2007062700200.html
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6740210,00.html

Tooth May Have Solved Mummy Mystery
International Herald Tribune
A single tooth and some DNA clues appear to have solved the mystery of the lost mummy of Hatshepsut, one of the great queens of ancient Egypt, who reigned in the 15th century B.C...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/27/africa/27mummy.php

Egypt's Female Pharaoh Revealed By Chipped Tooth, Experts Say
National Geographic News
A broken tooth has become the key to identifying the mummy of Hatshepsut, the woman who ruled ancient Egypt as both queen and king nearly 3,500 years ago...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/06/070627-mummy-tooth.html

Video: Greek Volcano Ready To Rumble
National Geographic News
June 22, 2007—Under the peaceful Mediterranean island of Santorini, Greece, simmers a mostly submerged volcano that was once responsible for the second biggest eruption in human history...
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/06/070622-volcano-video.html
Yes, I know this one is a few days late. However, I only just found it today.

Gladiator Truths Counter Movie Myths
Discovery News
June 26, 2007 — Gladiators were bean-eating vegetarians who fought barefoot, participated in refereed matches and suffered floggings if they became inebriated or behaved inappropriately with women, new findings suggest...
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/06/26/gladiator_arc.html?category=archaeology&guid=20070626100030
I tried to get this article yesterday, but the link kept coming up as broken. I'm glad it's fixed now.